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Meandraraea somaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Meandraraea somaensis was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Koyamada, Soma area, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Nakanosawa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Meandraraea somaensis Eguchi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMeandraraeaEtallon 1859
speciessomaensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Meandraraea somaensis Eguchi 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Japan (Fukushima) Meandraraea somaensis (type locality: 85574)